For anyone who may be watching, Carlos Villanueva has shown this season that he’s capable of being a member of a starting rotation. Of his 14 starts this season, only two of them have been no decisions (including Saturday against Boston) and he’s amassed a 7-5 record. In a season where Toronto rotation needed some stability from somewhere, Villanueva provided a decent starting point.
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If any Blue Jays follower was questioning whether or not J.A. Happ was just another stop-gap starter for the team, the 29 year-old lefty made great strides on Friday night against the Texas Rangers to put those questions to rest.
In his third start for Toronto, Happ threw 98 pitches over six innings, gave up one run on two hits, walked one and struck out eight. Most impressively, seven of his s...

The Blue Jays started off their series against the Detroit Tigers in a positive way. After avoiding the sweep with a 10-4 win against Oakland yesterday, Toronto was hoping to kick the weekend off with a win on Friday night.
Starter Carlos Villanueva was not at his most efficient, needing 99 pitches to make it through five innings. But, after giving up two, two-out solo homeruns to Miguel Cabrer...